Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 115021

Medicine: Graduates

Tabled: 23 February 2026

Answered: 2 March 2026

Named Day

Question

Claire Young

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the equity of access to preference informed allocation for foundation year posts between UK graduates and international medical graduates.

Answer

Karin Smyth

We have introduced the Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill to deliver the Government’s commitment in the 10-Year Health Plan to prioritise United Kingdom medical graduates for foundation training places. Alongside UK graduates, the bill prioritises gra...

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